Editing Effects of Covid-19 on Pen Events 2020 (section)

==European Events==
* '''[[London Writing Equipment Show (Spring) 2020]]''' <span style="color: green; font-size: 110%;">OPEN</span> - <br />The pen show went as scheduled on March 8. There was note of fewer vendors due to concerns for the virus, but still a good showing of attendees.

* '''[[The Capital Pen Show 2020]]'''- <span style="color: orange; font-size: 110%;">POSTPONED</span> - '''June 2021'''<br />In August 2019, a new pen show for London was announced for June 2020. Due to the spread of coronavirus, in March 2020 the showrunners announced they were rescheduling the event for June 2021.<ref>Instagram post from the official event page about the postponement https://www.instagram.com/p/B-CmBZ9jOly/</ref>

* '''[[Newcastle Pen Show 2020]]''' - <span style="color: red; font-size: 110%;">CANCELLED</span> - '''Sept. 5, 2021'''<br />As of August, there is a banner across the UK Pen Show website that announced the Newcastle show will return in September 2021.<ref>Main UK Pen Shows website, which on August 28 currently has a banner announcing the Newcastle cancellation https://ukpenshows.co.uk/</ref>

* '''[[Belgian Pen Show 2020]]''' <span style="color: green; font-size: 110%;">UNCHANGED</span> - '''Sept. 27'''<br />As of May 27, there has not been an announcement made to postpone or cancel the Belgian 2020 event in September.

* '''[[Hamburg Pen Show 2020]]''' <span style="color: green; font-size: 110%;">UNCHANGED</span> - '''Oct. 3'''<br />As of May 27, there has not been an announcement made to postpone or cancel the Hamburg 2020 event in October.

* '''[[London Writing Equipment Show (Autumn) 2020]]''' - <span style="color: green; font-size: 110%;">UNCHANGED</span> - '''Oct. 4'''<br />As of May 27, there has not been an announcement made to postpone or cancel the LWES Autumn 2020 event in October.

* '''[[Dutch Pen Show 2020]]''' - <span style="color: red; font-size: 110%;">CANCELLED</span> -<br />On March 24, the show runners for the Dutch event announced that they would be rescheduling to October 18th due to the regional restrictions on crowds until at least June 1.<ref>Instagram post from the official Dutch page about the postponement https://www.instagram.com/p/B-HbTswjXr5/</ref> On July 22, the show runners announced that the now postponed event would be cancelled for 2020 entirely. An announcement was made on Instagram<ref>Update post from official account https://www.instagram.com/p/CC7-5r8DO08/</ref> that with the uncertainty of Covid-19 and possible changes from the local government in response, the show runners opted to cancel instead, with an intent to have the next event in June 2021.

* '''[[Yorkshire Pen Show 2020]]''' <span style="color: green; font-size: 110%;">UNCHANGED</span> - '''Nov. 22'''<br />As of May 27, there has not been an announcement made to postpone or cancel the Yorkshire 2020 event in November.